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Today, I share with you an essay by Ms. Rica Bolipata Santos. I am grateful to her for giving me permission to share this piece with our parish of Christ the King last December in time for Christmas and I also post it here for our web readers.

Just before the Lenten Season started with Ash Wednesday, my husband and I found ourselves at the Ateneo de Manila High School, attending a sunset mass with the class of my son and his teacher, Mr. Onofre Pagsanghan. We were lucky to have Mr. Francis Alvarez, S.J., a very young priest, to share with us his views on Lent.

Miss Rica Bolipata Santos is the editor of my book Mom’s A Stewardess. Prior to working with her on the book, I did not know her personally and I just took a chance to e-mail her to ask if she did edit books. Prior to that, I was particularly touched by an essay that she wrote about “being rich” which appeared in the Philippine Star, so much so that even if I didn’t know her, I sent her e-mail just to let her know that her essay spoke to me.

The following piece, entitled Saved by Little Angels, was written by Suzette Yu-Kho. She is a Kindermusik teacher and shares how pursuing her vocation in educating children helped her cope with the loss of her dear father. Thank you Suzette for sharing this with us.